Sleepwalking Red Sox Win With 19-Hit Barrage
Major League roundup
Maybe the Boston Red Sox shouldn’t sleep so much.
They didn’t get to their hotel until nearly dawn following a night game in Chicago, then matched their season high with 19 hits and beat up on the New York Yankees 8-2 Thursday in New York.
“Maybe we should fly in at 4 o’clock in the morning for every 1 o’clock game,” Mo Vaughn said.
It was only the second win in 12 games for the Red Sox, last in the A.L. East, 13 games behind division-leading Baltimore. Boston got to the ballpark later than usual, then rushed through batting practice in 30 minutes.
“We were probably sleepwalking,” said Vaughn, who hit an upper-deck homer in the eighth. “I’d like to go home and get me 8 hours.”
Every Boston batter had at least one hit.
Rangers 10, Athletics 7 Arlington, Texas
Juan Gonzalez homered in his first two at-bats and drove in five runs, leading Texas to a win over Oakland.
Gonzalez hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Willie Adams and added a solo shot in the third, his seventh of the year.
Indians 9, Royals 1 Cleveland
David Justice hit his 13th home run and Cleveland improved to three games above .500 for the first time this season with a victory over Kansas City.
National League
Mets 10, Phillies 3 Philadelphia
Bobby Jones became the N.L.’s first eight-game winner and had three hits as New York roughed up Curt Schilling in a win over Philadelphia.
Jones (8-2) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings to win his fifth straight start. Pirates 9, Expos 3 Montreal Rookie Adrian Brown’s first career home run - a three-run shot in the seventh inning - lifted Pittsburgh to victory over Montreal.
Giants 7, Rockies 2 San Francisco
Mark Gardner pitched six strong innings to win his fifth straight game as San Francisco defeated Colorado, which matched its worst road trip in franchise history (3-10).
Padres 4, Dodgers 1 San Diego
Pitcher Joey Hamilton homered and Tony Gwynn had three hits off Hideo Nomo as San Diego scored its seventh straight win over Los Angeles.
Clearing the bases
Anaheim Angels left-hander Mark Langston will undergo exploratory arthroscopic surgery on his left elbow next Tuesday. … The Japanese commissioner’s office has sent a letter to the major league commissioner’s office accusing the New York Yankees of tampering with pitcher Hideki Irabu. … The Boston Red Sox have designated pitcher Toby Borland for assignment, just nine days after he was acquired in a trade from the New York Mets.
Cleveland Indians outfielder Chad Curtis was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised right thumb he sustained in a clubhouse scuffle with teammate Kevin Mitchell two days earlier. … New York Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden admitted that he had a fight with a Texas taxi driver last week in a dispute over an unpaid fare after a ride from a topless bar to the team hotel. “I hit him. We were fighting,” Gooden said. “It stopped. Then it started again. I tried to finish him. I wasn’t thinking at the time.”
Pittsburgh’s Al Martin, who is batting a team-high .308, was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised right hand. … Montreal pitcher Rheal Cormier underwent surgery on his left elbow on and will be out for 9-12 months.